ekklesia

Brian & Tina Perkins perkinsfam at geocities.com
Sun Jul 25 01:41:21 EDT 1999


Mitchell and all,

> How should the Greek word "ekklesia" be translated:  Church or Congregation?

Maybe neither one!

Considering that the NT is replete with statements such as "we are aliens"  and "you have been called out...", I prefer the more literal gloss of "called out".

For example, look at 1 Cor. 14:23
EAN OUN SUNELQH H EKKLHSIA OLH EPI TO AUTO ...
"if then the whole assembly assemble ..."

I don't think so.

More literally:
"if the called-out assemble in one place..."

Or, to paraphrase a little:
"if the called-out [of this world's methods and goals] people happen to meet in the same place..."


My toppins worth,
Brian
 



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